“The 2018 report of a US-based non-government organization called Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) that labeled the Philippines as “a war zone in disguise,” along with Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Iraq, is remarkable in ignorance and bias. Not having presented any proof that it has conducted factual investigation in the country as to the conditions obtaining, it is reasonable to believe that its conclusions is based on allegations made by groups that are hopelessly and blindly critical of the Duterte administration. These include the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, as well as partisan media outfits like Rappler, Philippine Daily Inquirer, New York Times and Reuters, among others. In fact, an earlier ACLED report, “Duterte’s War: Drug-Related Violence,” plays heavily on the allegations of these groups,” ani Sec. Panelo.

“Describing the war on drugs as a state terror campaign targeting innocent civilians as a government policy is pure hogwash. So is putting the Philippines in its list of the most dangerous places for civilians in 2018. The report stating that there is an alleged prevalence of state repression tagging the Philippines as a country where civilians are most at risk in 2018 is an infinitely fallacious finding.”

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